Sword and Scimitar: Fourteen Centuries of War between Islam and the West

This history of 7 centuries of jihad predicts that conversion by force has not ended. The ideology that degrading acts against those not of the same belief are not sinful, and do not diminish the perpetrator is not dead, in fact the humiliation of the infidel is in fact an act of glorification of the prophet. The term "whitewash of history" is the net result of politically correct speech.
This history makes the case that nearly one thousand years of history repeated, verbatim, in place after place, will not be altered simply because the enemy of Islam has become "woke".

The best thing Islam has going for it is that it isn’t true.

It never was true.

It never will be true.

It simply can’t be true.

And after reading "Sword and Scimitar" by Raymond Ibrahim, you’ll be glad Islam isn’t true, too, especially if you’re an infidel and reside in a liberal, tolerant, democratic Western country.

For a glimpse of what’s in store for the enlightened West should millions and millions of sharia-compliant Muslims carry their false, intolerant and violent religion into it, then "Sword and Scimitar" is a crystal ball you’ll definitely want to look into and take seriously, especially if you’d like to preserve all that is good, true, and beautiful on the planet.

"Sword and Scimitar" is a study in military history with particular attention paid to six key battles between the West and Islam (i.e., the sword and scimitar). This study has a more-than-healthy dose of primary sources from both Muslims and non-Muslims. In fact, the list of primary sources from Muslim historians and theologians is so heavy that you could anchor a battleship with it.

Here are a few historical gems from this timely study of Islam’s declaration of war against the non-Muslim world:

Islam aims to conquer the planet and to make Allah’s religion supreme on it. This is well documented by Islamic sources.

Islam aims to place all of the world’s inhabitants, both Muslim and non-Muslim, under the governance of Sharia law. Why? Because Allah and Muhammad command the Muslims to do so. Why? Because, in Islamic thinking, doing so will bring about a good and just society. This is well documented by Islamic sources.

The armies of Islam have been trying to conquer the earth for fourteen centuries. Muhammad started out as a nice and tolerant man, especially toward Jews and Christians, but then became intolerant and violent once they rejected his claim to prophethood. Then, once Muhammad grew more powerful and could assert himself throughout the land of Arabia, he went on the warpath. This is well documented by Islamic sources

The early Muslims conquered the Middle East, north Africa, southern Europe and large parts of Asia. This breathtaking war machine, known as Islam, conquered these territories in about a hundred years. They did this through jihad. Here jihad is fighting against infidels in order to spread Islam and to make Allah’s religion supreme in all the earth. Again, this is well documented by Islamic sources. (Note: Jihad doesn’t mean improving your tennis swing.)

Before the Muslims would conquer and subdue an infidel population, the infidels were offered three choices by their Muslim invaders and soon-to-be masters: 1) convert to Islam; 2) pay a special tax so that you could remain a Jew or Christian, keep your property, and not be murdered, all the while living in a constant state of fear and humiliation for rejecting Allah and Muhammad; or 3) if you refuse 1 and 2, then you’d have the privilege of being massacred, enslaved, or deported from your own country. This is Islam, and it is well documented by Islamic sources.

How did Muslims have the strength to wage a global jihad with rag tag armies like ISIS? Answer: Muhammad dangled earthly as well as heavenly pleasures before the eyes of his jihad warriors. That is, if the Muslims fought in a battle and won it, then they would receive worldly pleasures, such as gold and female sex slaves; on the other hand, if the Muslims fought in a battle and died, then they would become martyrs, and, once in the heavenly realms, would copulate with beautiful women, celestial beings known as houris, for ever and ever. Both of these promises – an earthly one and a heavenly one – were great motivators for the Muslims to wage jihad against infidels non-stop. For the Muslim warriors, it was a win-win situation (and still is for Sharia-compliant Muslims). This is well documented by Islamic sources.

This is just a preview of "Sword and Scimitar." What other unpleasant truths are found between its covers? Here are a few to whet your appetite: the Crusades were defensive wars fought against an expansionist and totalitarian Islam; slavery and sex-slavery are allowed in Islam; America’s first war was fought against Muslims; Islam is ISIS and ISIS Islam; and the modern West has forgotten about Islam, thus laying the groundwork for a repeat of the past 1,400 years, perhaps this time with Islam as the victor and the West as the vanquished.

In closing, if you’d like to discover a real existential threat to life on earth, then forget about global warming, microaggressions, or the misgendering of college students. Instead, open up "Sword and Scimitar" and pay attention. Then, once you get a good grasp of Islam, its true character, and how the jihad imperative is still alive and well in the Muslim world, pour yourself a coffee or a tea and imagine what life would be like if Islamic supremacists were in charge of your liberal, tolerant, democratic country. Or, even worse, try to imagine Islamic supremacists in charge of the entire planet. What would the daily lives of Jews, Christians, Buddhists, Hindus, atheists, women, gays and lesbians, and liberal Muslims be like under a global Islamic State? For a preview of this nightmarish scenario, read Ibrahim’s book. You may also want to inquire into how these groups are treated in the 57 Muslim-majority nations today (Ibrahim's "Crucified Again: Exposing Islam's New War on Christians" is a good place to start).

Perhaps the sober-minded portrait of Islam in "Sword and Scimitar" is why CAIR and other Islamic supremacists don’t want America – or any modern Western nation, for that matter – to learn the ugly truths exposed in this study. Perhaps this is because CAIR and other Islamic supremacists would love nothing more than to see a repeat of the history told in this book, only this time around the pendulum will swing in Islam’s favor, so that Allah’s religion reigns supreme in all the earth. After all, Muhammad said, “War is deceit.”

Pray that books like "Sword and Scimitar" are never sheathed.

Also recommended:

“Dawa: The Islamic Strategy for Reshaping the Modern World” by Patrick Sookhdeo

“Jihadist Psychopath” by Jamie Glazov

“Crucified Again: Exposing Islam’s New War on Christians” by Raymond Ibrahim

Having just finished Ayaan Hirsi Ali's excellent book Infidel--it was with great anticipation I read Sword and Scimitar and was not disappointed. The author cites a tsunami of primary sources while presenting the history of the battles between those defending Christianity and those attempting, and often succeeding, to spread Islam by the sword. The author effectively relates the atrocities to the Koran and the hadiths. Warning: this is NOT a book to be read by those suffering from Truthophobia.

As a self-taught student of history, this book fills the gap in the lack of understanding of the conflict between Islam and everyone else.
This book is well researched and well written. Not dry or boring and not just a re-hash of other contemporary authors. It is a military history, and as such will be above the comprehension level of some.
To others this book will fill in the blanks from Mohammed's time to the Crusades and beyond.

Serious history reveals Islam's intentions

A well written and well sourced book outlining the major battles between Islam and Christianity/West over the past 1400 years. It gives good insight into the ways that Islamic thought continues to operate. Extrapolating the knowledge in the book to today’s headlines, we begin to understand why Islamic migration/refugees may negatively impact the social good in various countries, if a thousand years of Islamic thought is not modified or adjusted, as the basic tenets of the religion hold beliefs counter productive to assimilation and friendship between those of Islamic belief and those of non-Islamic belief. It’s a book worth reading.

First, let me say that the author provides only one aspect of the history of Islam, the jihadi aspect. However, he presents that aspect with clarity and unimpeachable scholarship. The book itself is very readable and clear. Anyone interested in history or Islam should read this book.

Great product, exactly what I was looking for.